Scary calories: Fun-size candy delivers big-time sugar

Oct. 17, 2012

Written by

Lacee A.C. Martinez
Pacific Daily News

Monsters, ghosts and goblins might not give you a scare this Halloween, but maybe the massive amount of fat and sugar in the fun-size treats you eat will. Much of the Halloween candy bought at supermarkets and other stores that's handed out during Halloween comes in small, fun-size portions, but even those sizes add up to a whole lot of sugar.

The American Heart Association wants you to limit the amount of added sugars you eat every day to no more than half of your daily discretionary calories allowance.

That means about 100 calories, or about 6 teaspoons per day, for most American women and 150 ...